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Half Day City tour

This is a charming city and a veritable jewel of Moroccan tourism. In Berber Agadir means “common fortified grain store”. Built on a magnificent bay of some 10 kilometers of fine sand, Agadir enjoys constant sunshine. In 1505 the Portuguese traveling to India built a fortress here which they called ‘’Santa Cruz du Cap de Gué’’. In 1541 the founder of Saadian dynasty, Mohamed Echeikh El Mehdi, conquered the fortress. His son Moulay Abdellah El Ahalib decided to build a fort on the hill overlooking the port, the (Kasbah), designed to protect the town against European attacks.
The Kasbah dominates the entire city. It was built by Sultan Moulay Abdellah In 1572 and became prosperous thanks to the exports of sugar plantation. Then a visit to the port to see the fleet and building industry.

Half Day Modern City tour

MODERN AGADIR
The history of Agadir dates back to ancient times when the Phoenicians founded the trading settlement of Russadir in the ideal surrounding of the bay of Agadir. The Portuguese later used the city as a base for their discovery along the African coast naming it Santa Cruz de Cap Gue. Agadir was completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1960.
Visit the Moroccan residential area where you will see carpet making, leather work, wood and brassware.

Half Day Modern City tourHALF DAY IMOUZZER (70 Km)

Departure to Immouzzer, after the bananas plantation of Tamert, to go inside the country and the high Atlas. Through the valley of Imouzzer following the big canyon boarded by pink palm groves. You will reach Imouzzer : stop at a cascade called “the bride veil”

ONE DAY TAROUDANT (80 Km)

At only 1 Hour drive from Agadir ,Taroudant was an ancient capital of the Kingdom during the reign of the Saadian dynasty. This Berber town lies in the heart of the Souss Valley’s fertile river plain.
Surrounded by magnificent red mud walls, and with the snow-capped mountains of the High Atlas as its backdrop, Taroudant is often referred to as a ‘miniature Marrakech’. With its majestic gold, pink and orange tinted circuit of high walls, Taroudant is half citadel and half oasis. It is a town of great charm and grace. The ruddy, clay houses, minarets and groves of hundreds of acres of orange, lemon, and argon trees. Sometimes, we even witness goats climbing trees. and pomegranates seem to drowse beneath the gaze of the frosted High Atlas to the north and the Anti-Atlas to the south. Taroudant is known for its old trading centre with craftsmen and colorful market. Taroudant is a city of
stone cutters.

ONE DAY TAFRAOUT (200 Km)

Tafraout Is a luxurious oasis situated at 200 km from Agadir. This picturesque Berber village is reached through the Anti Atlas Mountains. The village is well known for its remarkable setting of palm and almond trees amid the pink and red  boulders. In the afternoon, return to Agadir via Tiznit (100 km away). It was founded in late 1882 when the sultan Moulay Hassan was travelling to the Sahara to appoint his representatives there. 

ONE DAY MARRAKECH (273 Km)

Called the pearl of the south, Marrakech is the second oldest of the four imperial cities in Morocco and surely one of the most exciting and interesting cities in the world. The city was founded by the Almoravide Dynasty at the end of the eleventh century. Many of the buildings you will see are of Almohades or Saadian origin (Dynasties who ruled Morocco
from 11 to 13 century). Visit of the Koutoubia minaret, Saadian tombs, Bahia palace and the colourful souks with their tempting hand-made crafts and the world famous Djemaa El Fna Square with acrobats, snake charmers and much more. Marrakech is also the town of seven saints and four colours: the red ocre of the houses, the green palm trees, bright blue sky and all set against the white majestic Atlas Mountains.

ONE DAY ESSAOUIRA (173 Km)

North of Agadir, Essaouira is one of the most picturesque sea ports in southern Morocco. Behind its purple ramparts and inside its whitewashed medina with blue doors lies a city that has been influenced by various cultures (Berber, Carthaginian, Portuguese, Arabs, others).
Optional Lunch at a sea food restaurant . Tour of the medina, the Ramparts, the Skala batter Remains of Tukswahbukli pirate era, the marquetry craftsmen carving “thuja” wood inlaid with ivory; the fishermen's port, the silver jewelers.
. Return to Agadir in the late afternoon ( 3 Hours ).